NASA, Microsoft Reveal Mars In Pictures

As Earth's closest neighbor and with an atmosphere more similar to Earth's than any other planet in the solar system, Mars has long been a subject of great interest to astronomers and the public. NASA began exploring Mars with unmanned spacecraft in the 1970s, and the space agency hopes to eventually send a human to the Red Planet. In March 2009, NASA and Microsoft partnered under a Space Act Agreement to make images of Mars and other planets available through Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, an

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A volcanic vent on the surface of Mars near the Athabasca Valles, taken from the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Vents are flat, linear cracks in the surface of a volcano through which lava emerges.

If there's life, (intelligence) on mars, and visitors aren't wanted, our vehicles wouldn't last very long . It looks as though they have a goddess, or maybe a King David, but, If they have Any Brains, it's more than likely a school marm. It could also be Cains' house. That guy looking at the space vehicle looks interested , lets hope he ain't thirsty, It could also be, from his position in time, extreme fear.

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